Henry Stonex (18 May 1823 – 10 January 1897) was a composer and organist based in

Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...

Life

He was born in Norwich on 18 May 1823 to Rowland Stonex and Mary Bridgman. He married Mary Tilney Bassett (d. 1882), daughter of Henry Bassett of Heigham, on 16 January 1851 and had the following children: *Mary Gertrude Stonex (b. 21 Mar 1852) *Henry Bassett Stonex (b. 4 Sep 1853, d. 1923) *Florence Tilney Stonex (b. 1855) *Canon Francis Stonex (b. 28 Sep 1857) *Edward Claude Stonex (b. 22 Dec 1858) *Edith Bassett Stonex (b. 4 Jan 1860) *Alfred Herbert Stonex (1862 - 1863) *Blanche Lillian Stonex (b. 1863) He studied organ under

James Harcourt James Harcourt (20 April 187318 February 1951) was an English character actor. Harcourt was born in Headingley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics. He appeared as a stage act ...

St Peter Mancroft St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England, in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. After the two cathedrals, it is the largest church in Norwich. It was originally established by the then Earl of East Anglia, Ralph de Gael between ...

, and then was apprenticed to

Zechariah Buck Dr. Zechariah Buck (9 September 1798 – 5 August 1879), was an English organist and choir director who is remembered as a preeminent trainer of boys' voices. Early life and family Born to Jeremiah Buck (a tradesman) and Sarah Astbury in Norwich, N ...

at Norwich Cathedral. Whilst in Great Yarmouth he conducted the Yarmouth Musical Society for many years. He died in 1897 in

Appointments

*Organist at St. Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, 1850 - 1894

Compositions

He is best known for his psalm chantAnglican Chant Psalter, Alex Wyton, 1987 which is still widely used in Anglican churches to this day, and has been recorded frequently.

References

1823 births 1897 deaths English organists British male organists English composers Musicians from Norwich 19th-century British composers 19th-century English musicians 19th-century British male musicians Musicians from Great Yarmouth 19th-century organists {{organist-stub